Theater shooting trial day 56: 'Phase 2' of the penalty process continues

'Phase 2' of the penalty process continues in the trial of James Holmes for the Aurora movie theater shooting. He was convicted earlier this month on 165 counts and now his defense is presenting mitigating evidence in an attempt to convince the jury his life should be spared.

3rd & 7 37yd

@Kels and @Loz I'm sorry, which quote? I'll correct it.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:33:04 PM
His sister is my age...yeeeesh...

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:33:34 PM
Thank you @Tammy et al!

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:38:23 PM
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The gunman's sister said her two younger cousins adored him.
"Sometimes I was jealous of how much they really, really liked him," Chris Holmes said. "I think he liked it."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:42:55 PM
I feel awful for his sibling, but it feels like SUCH a low blow/grasping at straws to try this...it's NOT the Jimmy H. Show. Each one of these witnesses in some way reminds me of a victim he killed or an individual he maimed...(*shudder). The victims aren't getting this type of recognition. They could barely show photos of injuries of those poor people, due to being prejudicial or inflammatory. Yet we're talking about JH's pretty drawings from his childhood, posted on the refrigerator. We are glorifying him!! It's ridiculous! !??! I know it's mitigation, but I hate it. The 12 he killed didn't get this attention, nor "plea", & they were INNOCENT.

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:48:23 PM
The pix make me want to yak.

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:48:44 PM
I feel quite terrible for her. She was 19 when this happened and will probably spend the rest of her life primarily being known as his sister...

by Lynn 7/27/2015 8:48:47 PM
My video quality is a little low, but doesn't seem that Holmes is expressing much emotion with his sister being up there.

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:48:50 PM
Too bad the victims won't have any family vacation pictures from this year, from last year and from the year before but they're gone.

by JW 7/27/2015 8:48:55 PM
Sweet family. JH wasn't mean or bullying (social factors); funny and kind(also social factors) but with a massive mental illness, that no one, including himself, couldn't control.

by okx 7/27/2015 8:48:57 PM
@litprof--I don't think there is any chance that the prosecution will ask any questions of Holmes' family.

by flip 7/27/2015 8:49:07 PM
She seems so sweet :( I feel badly for her and her family. But he still deserves the ultimate punishment.

by nic 7/27/2015 8:49:11 PM
Did JH do these types of detailed inquiries with families and friends of his victims before he blew them away? The joking and "innocence" feel so forced. I hope victim's families are in the courtroom and the jury can see their reactions to thid nonsense.

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:49:19 PM
Thought this would be horribly sappy but the worst part is Higgs chuckling and taking queues from the King Comedy Hour

by JG 7/27/2015 8:49:27 PM
she said loved past tense

by bob 7/27/2015 8:49:29 PM
I know the testimony about her brother and the family trips etc. is suppose to make him more human. Instead it's making me feel very upset and sad for the victims and their family's. All the trips and family get together's they will not have due to JH's actions.

by Anita Bowen 7/27/2015 8:49:34 PM
He and his sister look a lot alike to me.

by Resa 7/27/2015 8:49:36 PM
what does no objection with stipulation mean? please and thank you

by Aly 7/27/2015 8:49:43 PM
So the Defendant had a loving caring homelife with many benefits alot do not have.

by Abrandt 7/27/2015 8:49:48 PM
If Teesh-Maguire's on cross, it'll be very well done.

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:49:50 PM
It's weird hearing her describing them going to the movies...!?!

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:49:53 PM
I thought she said she always called him James but she just called him Jimmy?

by hi 7/27/2015 8:49:55 PM
Anyone else having major issues with the feed..?

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:49:57 PM
JH can care less that his sister is testifying, he looks so uninterested lol

by Tara 7/27/2015 8:50:00 PM
@LarsandtheRealGirl, I definitely agree with you.

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:50:01 PM
Defense shows holiday photos of the gunman with his family and their dog.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:51:06 PM
To me this only makes it worse what he did and the family he threw away. That he didn't reach out to them when he was having trouble.

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:51:08 PM
lost the feed

by happy 7/27/2015 8:51:10 PM
Anita, so true! You said it perfectly.

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:51:54 PM
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"I could tell she was mentally ill, in some form," the gunman's sister said of her aunt Betty, who is her father's twin sister.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:53:02 PM
This is making me sick...she's brave to testify but I can't imagine how the victims families feel and the joking and giggling is completely inappropriate...

by TammyC 7/27/2015 8:53:11 PM
This is gag worthy. I hope the PT will tastefully cross...Somehow victim "contrast" needs to be highlighted here. He is LOVING this attention. Blaaaaaaah....

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:53:15 PM
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Chris Holmes: "He had a secret tree house in Salinas... that he built with all his friends... but eventually I got to see it. That's another early memory I have. I was probably about 6."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:57:37 PM
For all we know his family was the first ones he wanted to kill

by Tiki Torch 7/27/2015 8:57:39 PM
The DT is showing what a normal life he had not sure how this is helping

by CR 7/27/2015 8:57:43 PM
Thanks, Kels. I wonder if jury will have questions. That would be revealing, I think...

by LarsandtheRealGirl 7/27/2015 8:57:45 PM
It would be interesting to hear her explain how she has not had contact with him since the shooting.

by Suzi Lewis 7/27/2015 8:57:49 PM
Teesh McGuire is crossing.

by Kristle 7/27/2015 8:57:50 PM
Treat other people the way you want to be treated...hmmm....could happen

by PA Watcher 7/27/2015 8:57:52 PM
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Defense: "Did you like having a big brother?"
Chris Holmes: "Yes... It was nice having someone who was always there."
Defense: "Did he have your back?"
Chris Holmes: "Yes. Especially when I was younger."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:59:03 PM
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"It makes me think we used to be very close, and that I love him a lot," the gunman's sister said after reading a note she wrote him as a child.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 9:00:53 PM
Where are the violins?

by JW 7/27/2015 9:00:59 PM
Before the crud starts slinging this afternoon...look to the right---> the lil pic of Veronica and know she will never have these memories! Jimmy took her life!

by Sally Mander 7/27/2015 9:01:19 PM
She looks like him and does sound/pronounce words like him.

by Kristle 7/27/2015 9:01:21 PM
@Suzi and how she feels about the time he backhanded her.

by MyraJ 7/27/2015 9:01:23 PM